Sicsemperfiat·2 days agoPost-Pandemic ControversiesIn May 2021, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell referred to the current inflation as “transitory,” indicating that it was a temporary effect of the post-pandemic economic recovery. However, some economists and analysts have questioned this assessment, arguing that inflation could be more long-lasting and indicative of broader structural issues. In…20205 min read20205 min read
Abdul Samad·4 days ago1–1–2020 and COVIDThe world rang in a new year and a new decade on January 1st, 2020. Many people made resolutions, set objectives, and anticipated the opportunities that were ahead. But we had no idea that the coming year would be among the most difficult and turbulent in contemporary times. In major…20202 min read20202 min read
Melissa Mostyn·6 days agoHow lockdown became an epiphanyThat was the moment, three years ago this week, when we’d just been told we were in lockdown. For me, it was also the moment when despondency set in — all-encompassingly, and fast. That traumatic moment when — despite the full knowledge that everyone had received the same message from…20204 min read20204 min read
Fikir·Mar 23Reflecting on the Pandemic: Nostalgia for a Lost Year 2020March 2020 feels like yesterday. But to our surprise, it’s been almost three years since the start of the pandemic, and I can’t help but feel a sense of nostalgia for that lost year. Yes, you heard me right. I’m romanticizing a pandemic. Don’t get me wrong; I know it…20203 min read20203 min read
Kevin ShayinDemocracy Guardian·Mar 21Member-onlyEvidence Linking Right-Wingers to BLM Protest Violence GrowsRecent reports, court documents lend more evidence about how much of the violence at 2020 BLM protests was done by right-wing infiltrators. 2020 might have been the most chaotic and violent year in the United States since 1968. In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret…202023 min read202023 min read
Tom Phillips·Mar 20Pandemic Stories: Viral Spring #1Three years ago today, I put out the first installment of what would become a three-month pandemic series on my personal blog. I called it “Viral Spring” — a chronicle of the disease and its effects, radiating outward from my neighborhood on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. …20202 min read20202 min read
Ricky Denham·Mar 15Raindrops in My RoomDream #1 ** From 9/10/20 Afternoon. It was pouring rain outside. A really bad storm. Coming from a warm, vibrant and totally untamed hallway in my family’s house, I remember opening my door to my bedroom. Raindrops were excessively leaking through the ceiling. Bad. And it wasn’t droplets like water…20203 min read20203 min read
Christian Lohr·Mar 14Member-onlyI Lived The Best Pandemic LifeYes, it’s true! I’ll explain you why: Living through a pandemic is a life experience that no one could have prepared for. It has brought about unprecedented changes to our daily lives and has caused us to adjust to a “new normal.” As we look back on the past couple…20203 min read20203 min read
Kumargaurav·Mar 10“RAW” is an acronym that stands for “Research and Analysis Wing,” which is the foreign intelligence…Raw agents “RAW” is an acronym that stands for “Research and Analysis Wing,” which is the foreign intelligence agency of India. …20204 min read20204 min read
Matthew ManiaciinThing a Day·Mar 6Member-onlyMarch 2020: In Like a Lion, Out Like a LionMy experience at the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. — I am a grant writer by trade. For those who don’t know what that is, I write proposals and applications to foundations, corporations, and government entities asking them for money for my agency. I tend to think of myself as an eloquent and somewhat long-winded panhandler. The COVID-19 pandemic wrecked…20206 min read20206 min read
